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President declared an end to this war, we would have had to release them anyway. that's going to be the new talking point here. what is paramountains to this administration is politics. politics, they thought that they could in an election year release these prisoners and get the fanfare. they thought this weekendy that ikd get the same -- weekend, they could get the same fanfare. they thought the media would cover like they have in many scandals and didn't consider the blow back of the reports. they actually have tried to seal these reports? why do they have the soldiers signing nondisclosure...

♪ 'cause the only good weed is a weed that's dead ♪ ♪ roundup yeha! [ whip cracks ] [ male announcer ] roundup... [ whip cracks ] with the new one-touch wand. welcome back. after leaving a state department office vacant, president obama has finally chosen someone. clifford sloan, a high-profile washington lawyer to be the state department's special envoy for closing down the prison at guantanamo. but the house has now voted overwhelmingly to once again block the president from closing gitmo. joining me now by phone from guantanamo bay is the most veteran of all guantanamo reporte repor...

>> have a great weekend, everybody. >> have a great weekend, buddy. >> "special report" up ♪ welcome to "red eye." it's like the spy who loves me. if by spy you mean hitchhiker and by love you mean stole by cutoffs after i passed out in the back seat. andy, what's coming up tonight, you jerk? >> thanks, white v-neck t-shirt guy barely peeking out from under that sweater. coming up on the big show, did the family of the boston marathon bombing suspects receive over $100,000 in fax payer funded assistance? and president obama says it's time to revisit the idea of closing gitmo. but does he k...

This raises the cost of healthcare for all floridians. it doesn't work. >> andrea: why the change of heart? >> dana: like president obama ran on closing gitmo but he became program and realizes oh, wait, we need that. the governors on principle said we can't, this is not a good way to do business. then the situation in florida is such that he made a decision to go back on what he said two years ago to do this. this is the creep of federal government on the states. i am not saying they will all kay but the federal government is so powerful, we are eroding our -- >> bob: they will cave. the real...

Television. or the new soccer field. no detainees were waterboarded here. teams blame republicans for legislative blocks. >> the president can't do things unilaterally. he has to do things with congress. >> republicans say they are best equipped to hand the men but they point to data. since 2009 the number ofdy tain knees dropped from 242 to 166. but those suspected of returning to the battlefield jumped to 30%. human rights groups say they are disappointed with the president's lack of leadership on guantanamo bay. adding -- >> i think that daniel freeze leaving the position with no one replac...